Linus Torvalds admits he was asked to insert a backdoor into GNU/Linux

[Lance Cottrell]

I would think that it is their job to ask. They may or not apply any pressure, but I would think just about everyone of significance at least gets a request.

It is like hitting on people in a bar. You may get told no a whole lot, but every once in a while, someone says yes.

	-Lance

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Lance Cottrell
loki at obscura.com



On Sep 19, 2013, at 12:48 PM, CypherPunk <cypherpunk at cpunk.us> wrote:

> On 09/19/2013 02:39 PM, Tom Ritter wrote:
>>> Torvalds responded "no" while shaking his head "yes," as the audience broke into spontaneous laughter.
>> 
>> Is there any indication he took the question seriously and wasn't just
>> making a joke?  This is a lot to conclude from a single sentence.
> 
> While he certainly could have been being humorous, I can't see why he
> would have indicated 'yes' for any reason. I mean, he could have made a
> funny comment or something sarcastic or any number of other responses.
> The shaking his head yes while saying now would seem to indicate that
> he's been told not to say that he's been asked.
> 
> It would seem logical that he would have been approached though. I mean,
> they want total tech coverage. Why would Linux escape their attention?
> 

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